south africa

Questions about south africa

What does south africa mean?

south africa means "a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)".

What is another word for south africa?

Close synonyms include Republic of South Africa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is south africa a common word?

south africa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.